gate1
  
  n.
     - a hinged barrier used to close an opening in a wall, fence, or hedge. 
▸an exit from an airport building to an aircraft.
 ▸a hinged or sliding barrier for controlling the flow of water:
 a sluice gate.
 - the number of people who pay to enter a sports ground for an event.
 - an arrangement of slots into which the gear lever of a motor vehicle moves to engage each gear.
 - an electric circuit with an output which depends on the combination of several inputs.
 - a device for holding each frame of a movie film in position behind the lens of a camera or projector.
 
v.
 Brit. confine (a pupil or student) to school or college.
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - get 
(or be given)
 the gate
 N. Amer. informal be dismissed from a job. 
    
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE gæt, geat, pl. gatu, of Gmc origin.
 
  
    
gate2
  
  n.
 Brit. (in place names) a street:
 Kirkgate.
 
  Etymology
  ME (also meaning ‘way’ in general): from ON gata.